mp.exe

Edge Essence

The application mp.exe by Edge Essence has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.splendorsearch.com.
Publisher:
Edge Essence  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5864.35625

MD5:
d96451f0db8c895d5bd6015f9e71d658

SHA-1:
07f3efec3ede77d5aec19b060c64e6f845c404cb

SHA-256:
358c29d09568ef7c5965b9e7209e7e7379746d5c1ee10f23bdfd3830e9afb676

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/1/2024 10:25:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-725
0.98/21287

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.msil
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
MSIL/StartPage.BI trojan
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Variant.Adware.msil
5.15.21

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.msil.1
11.01.2016 17:30:26

File size:
93.1 KB (95,368 bytes)

Product version:
2016.01.21

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\mp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Edge Essence, O=Edge Essence, L=Escondido, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1B5B5CC0375A6C1BD02CF72D65AF5E45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/4/2014 8:58:31 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:ZfnsOk/cIDnj8F/oBSXwCFew8jUiiQgCZDN3G4Uy882BomKVhuUFZEt:Rn3AcILRBSACdWUiiQgAGC8ljwdmt

Entry address:
0x31E4

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 6C, 44, 00, E8, 1B, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 6B, 44, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, DB, 73, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, D0, 73, 40, 00, 68, C0, 2B, 44, 00, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 57, E8, FB, 23, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file mp.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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